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Firstpart: MiseryofmanwithoutGod.
Secondpart: HappinessofmanwithGod.
Or, Firstpart: .
Secondpart: .
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Order.—Imightwellhavetakenthisdiscourseinanorderlikethis: toshowthevanityofallconditionsofmen, toshowthevanityofordinarylives, andthenthevanityofphilosophiclives, sceptics, stoics; , [20] , buttheyareuselessonaccountoftheirdepth.
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Prefacetothefirstpart.—Tospeakofthosewhohavetreatedoftheknowledgeofself; ofthedivisionsofCharron,[21] whichsaddenandwearyus; oftheconfusionofMontaigne;[22] thathewasquiteawareofhiswantofmethod, andshunneditbyjumpingfromsubjecttosubject; thathesoughttobefashionable.
Hisfoolishprojectofdescribinghimself! Andthisnotcasuallyandagainsthismaxims, sinceeveryonemakesmistakes, butbyhismaximsthemselves, ; buttosaythemintentionallyisintolerable, andtosaysuchasthat...
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Montaigne.—Montaigne’; thisisbad, notwithstandingMademoiselledeGournay.[23] Credulous; peoplewithouteyes.[24] Ignorant; squaringthecircle,[25] agreaterworld.[26] Hisopinionsonsuicide, ondeath.[27] Hesuggestsanindifferenceaboutsalvation,withoutfearandwithoutrepentance.[28] Ashisbookwasnotwrittenwithareligiouspurpose, hewasnotboundtomentionreligion; (730,231)[29]; butonecannotexcusehisthoroughlypaganviewsondeath, foramanmustrenouncepietyaltogether, , throughthewholeofhisbookhisonlyconceptionofdeathisacowardlyandeffeminateone.
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ItisnotinMontaigne, butinmyself, thatIfindallthatIseeinhim.
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